EP0417938B1 - Installation d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de gaz - Google Patents

Installation d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de gaz Download PDF

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EP0417938B1
EP0417938B1 EP90309472A EP90309472A EP0417938B1 EP 0417938 B1 EP0417938 B1 EP 0417938B1 EP 90309472 A EP90309472 A EP 90309472A EP 90309472 A EP90309472 A EP 90309472A EP 0417938 B1 EP0417938 B1 EP 0417938B1
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Shi-Wai Steve Cheng
Wayne Richard Moore
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
    • H01T13/00—Sparking plugs
    • H01T13/54—Sparking plugs having electrodes arranged in a partly-enclosed ignition chamber
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B19/00—Engines characterised by precombustion chambers
    • F02B19/10—Engines characterised by precombustion chambers with fuel introduced partly into pre-combustion chamber, and partly into cylinder
    • F02B19/1004—Engines characterised by precombustion chambers with fuel introduced partly into pre-combustion chamber, and partly into cylinder details of combustion chamber, e.g. mounting arrangements
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B19/00—Engines characterised by precombustion chambers
    • F02B19/10—Engines characterised by precombustion chambers with fuel introduced partly into pre-combustion chamber, and partly into cylinder
    • F02B19/1004—Engines characterised by precombustion chambers with fuel introduced partly into pre-combustion chamber, and partly into cylinder details of combustion chamber, e.g. mounting arrangements
    • F02B19/1014—Engines characterised by precombustion chambers with fuel introduced partly into pre-combustion chamber, and partly into cylinder details of combustion chamber, e.g. mounting arrangements design parameters, e.g. volume, torch passage cross sectional area, length, orientation, or the like
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B19/00—Engines characterised by precombustion chambers
    • F02B19/12—Engines characterised by precombustion chambers with positive ignition
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01T—SPARK GAPS; OVERVOLTAGE ARRESTERS USING SPARK GAPS; SPARKING PLUGS; CORONA DEVICES; GENERATING IONS TO BE INTRODUCED INTO NON-ENCLOSED GASES
    • H01T13/00—Sparking plugs
    • H01T13/46—Sparking plugs having two or more spark gaps
    • H01T13/462—Sparking plugs having two or more spark gaps in series connection
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F02—COMBUSTION ENGINES; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
    • F02B—INTERNAL-COMBUSTION PISTON ENGINES; COMBUSTION ENGINES IN GENERAL
    • F02B1/00—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression
    • F02B1/02—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression with positive ignition
    • F02B1/04—Engines characterised by fuel-air mixture compression with positive ignition with fuel-air mixture admission into cylinder
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02T—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION
    • Y02T10/00—Road transport of goods or passengers
    • Y02T10/10—Internal combustion engine [ICE] based vehicles
    • Y02T10/12—Improving ICE efficiencies

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  • This invention relates to a spark ignition apparatus and particularly to such apparatus combining torch jet ignition with conventional spark devices as specified in the preamble of claim 1.
  • a fast-burning engine is known to have low cyclic variation in cylinder pressure as well as greater resistance to engine knock. This leads. to higher engine efficiency through higher compression ratio.
  • a typical torch jet igniter comprises a large prechamber coupled to a main combustion chamber through a large orifice, usually greater than 5 mm, and a spark plug in the prechamber.
  • the volume of the prechamber is 3 to 12% of the clearance volume. Since ignition occurs in the prechamber, the mixture in the prechamber is very critical; therefore, a valve in the prechamber is normally required to provide a fresh mixture to the prechamber. After ignition, the burned mixture in the prechamber will expand into the main combustion chamber through the orifice and form a torch jet.
  • the enhanced burning rate comes from the higher turbulence induced by the jet and from the larger flame front area created by the torch jet at its boundary. In some cases special valving has been avoided.
  • US-A-3,921,605 (Wyczalek) which proposes a large prechamber having a volume of 2 to 10% of the total clearance volume, a range of 81.95 to 245.81 cubic centimetres (5 to 15 cubic inches) of volume for each 645.16 mm (square inch) of orifice area, an orifice size of about 3.6 mm in diameter, and a special spark plug within the chamber.
  • US-A-4,112,877 discloses a prechamber with special valve arrangements for introducing a fresh air-fuel mixture into the chamber. The spark plug is remote from the prechamber.
  • prechamber devices are in US-A-4,096,844 (Mackaness) which shows various styles including a prechamber remote from the spark plug and a prechamber containing a spark plug.
  • the prechambers appear to be quite large but no dimensions are given.
  • the disadvantages of providing for the large prechamber and for providing any special valving are evident. It is also apparent that with this arrangement, an engine must be specially designed to take advantage of the torch jet ignition.
  • the present invention proposes a new way to achieve fast burning using a torch jet which requires a very small torch chamber (smaller than 1% of the volume of the main combustion chamber) and can even fit within a spark plug for use in any engine. Moreover, no valving is needed.
  • US-A-1,399,375 discloses a chamber in a spark plug having a volume in the range of about 1.25 cubic centimetres to about 1.75 cubic centimetres
  • US-A-4,639,635 discloses an extremely small chamber (28 cubic millimetre volume) having two spark gaps, one within the chamber to effect heating and discharge of the gas from the chamber and another in the gas discharge path to ionize the gas thereby producing a low-energy plasma jet.
  • a torch jet-assisted spark ignition apparatus is characterised by the features specified in the characterising portion of claim 1.
  • Still another object is to incorporate a prechamber in a standard size spark plug with optimum dimensions to exploit the advantages of torch jet ignition in any engine equipped with the spark plug.
  • the invention is carried out by torch jet-assisted spark ignition means in combination in an internal combustion engine with a closed end cylinder and a piston in the cylinder defining a variable volume combustion chamber at the closed end of the cylinder, said ignition means comprising: electrically-conductive means supported on a wall of the cylinder and forming a spark gap adjacent the wall, a torch chamber communicating with the combustion chamber through an orifice in said wall adjacent the spark gap and directed into the combustion chamber, the torch chamber volume being in the range of from 0.5 to 1.0 cc and the orifice diameter being in the range of from 0.1 to 0.2 cm.
  • a torch jet spark plug for an internal combustion engine, said plug comprising: a body having mounting means near one end adapted to form a part of an engine combustion chamber, electrically-conductive means on said one end and forming a spark gap closely adjacent to said end and adapted to reside in said combustion chamber when installed to ignite charges of compressed air-fuel mixture therein, a torch chamber formed within said body adjacent said end, said torch chamber having a volume in the range of from 0.5 to 1.0 cc, and an orifice extending through said end from the torch chamber for connecting it with the combustion chamber when installed, the opening of the orifice through the end being close to but offset from the spark gap, said orifice having a diameter in the approximate range of from 0.1 to 0.2 cm.
  • the present invention utilizes torch jet-assisted spark ignition.
  • torch jet ignition uses the torch jet phenomenon in conjunction with conventional spark ignition in the main combustion chamber, and it requires a very small torch chamber, less than 1.5% by volume of the main combustion chamber.
  • a small orifice usually about 0.15 cm diameter, and a proper orifice area-to-volume ratio, an effective jet is expelled from the orifice and causes a large flame front area which results in a fast burn of the combustion mixture.
  • a cross-section of an engine 10 includes a block portion 12 forming the side wall of a cylinder 14, a head 16 forming an end wall of the cylinder, and a piston 18 in the cylinder to define a variable volume combustion chamber.
  • the head includes a valve 20 seated in a port 22 and a torch jet spark plug 24 in a threaded bore 26.
  • the valve 20 and the spark plug 24 also form part of the cylinder wall.
  • the spark plug 24, as best shown in Figure 2, has a housing 28 which is externally threaded on one end and contains two adjacent bores 30 and 32.
  • the bore 30 extends through the full length of the housing 28 and contains an insulator 34 which carries a centre wire electrode 36 which extends beyond the end of the insulator and beyond the end of the housing 28.
  • An L-shaped side wire electrode 38 is welded to the housing 28 adjacent the protruding centre wire electrode 36 and forms a spark gap with the centre wire electrode.
  • the bore 32 is closed-ended and extends into one end of the housing 28 adjacent the side wire electrode 38.
  • the bore 32 is internally threaded to receive a cup-shaped chamber closure 40 which is externally threaded to mate with the bore to define an enclosed torch chamber 42.
  • the outer end of the closure 40 contains an orifice 44 which couples the torch chamber with the main combustion chamber.
  • the dimensions of the torch chamber 42 are important to its successful operation. In absolute terms, the most effective operation occurs for a torch chamber volume in the range of 0.5 to 1 cc with optimum performance at about 0.7 cc or above.
  • the volume should be no more than 1.5% and preferably is less than 1% of the minimum volume of the main combustion chamber, i.e., when the piston 18 is at top dead centre.
  • the value of such a small relative volume is that as combustion proceeds in both volumes, a high pressure is developed in the torch chamber whilst the pressure is still low in the main chamber so that a jet of burning gases shoots far into the main chamber.
  • the orifice In order to develop such a pressure differential the orifice must be small enough to contain the pressure in the torch chamber for a time sufficient for combustion to advance through the torch chamber.
  • An orifice diameter of 0.2 cm or less has been found to be sufficient for that purpose.
  • the orifice must, however, be large enough to quickly expel the jet and also to recharge the chamber with a fresh air-fuel mixture by expelling the residual gas during the exhaust stroke of the engine and drawing in gas during the compression stroke.
  • the orifice diameter should be at least 0.1 cm to accommodate this recharging action.
  • tests have shown that the pressure developed within the torch chamber closely follows the pressure developed in the main chamber for an orifice diameter of 0.15 cm and this size orifice is preferred, although the diameter range of 0.1 to 0.2 is acceptable.
  • a definition for the torch chamber dimensions is the "characteristic length" which equals the torch chamber volume in cubic centimetres divided by the orifice area in square centimetres. Limiting values are a characteristic length of 15 cm for a volume of 0.5 cc and a diameter of 0.2 cm, and a characteristic length of 127 cm for a volume of 1 cc and a diameter of 0.1 cm. For the preferred orifice diameter of 0.15 cm and the maximum volume of 1 cc, the characteristic length is 57 cm. The 0.15 cm orifice and the minimum volume, 0.5 cc, yield the characteristic length of 28 cm.
  • the ignition of the air-fuel mixture occurs in the main combustion chamber. The initial phase of combustion is the same as that during regular spark ignition.
  • the spark plug in the main chamber rather than in a precombustion chamber.
  • the spark plug can generate a flame front.
  • the effect of an additional flame front generated by the torch jet is equivalent to the effect of having a second spark plug.
  • the mixture in the torch chamber is not as critical as that in the prechamber of a torch jet igniter. Therefore, the torch chamber can be a blind cavity.
  • the mixture in the torch chamber is ignited by the flame propagating into the torch chamber, all the charge in the torch chamber is used to drive the torch jet; as a consequence, the amount of charge in the torch chamber can be small.
  • a spark plug 60 with 14 mm threads to fit most production engines and incorporating the prechamber design requirements is shown in Figure 3.
  • This plug 60 superficially resembles a conventional spark plug and comprises a steel shell 62 with a threaded end 64, an L-shaped side wire electrode 66 attached to the end of the shell, a hollow central insulator 68 crimped into the shell, a centre wire electrode 70 in the hollow insulator having an end 72 extending beyond the insulator 68 to a point adjacent the side wire electrode 66 to form a spark gap, and a resistor 74 in the insulator for coupling the centre wire electrode 70 to a terminal 76.
  • the shell 62 has an enlarged bore 78 at the end of the shell opposite the threaded end 64 and the insulator has an enlarged body portion 80 which fits within the bore 78 and is clamped in place by crimps on the shell.
  • the insulator reduces down from the enlarged body portion 80 to a thin, slightly tapered sleeve 82 extending through the threaded end 64 and spaced from an inner wall 84 of the shell 62.
  • a metal end enclosure in the form of an orifice plate 86 is fastened in the end 64 of the shell to bridge the annular gap between the insulator sleeve 82 and the shell.
  • the enclosure defined by the inner wall 84 of the shell, the sleeve 82 and the orifice plate 86 comprises a prechamber 88.
  • An orifice 90 is formed in the orifice plate 86 as shown in Figure 4.
  • the orifice plate 86 is an annular concave washer with both the outer periphery and the inner periphery terminating in flanges 92 and 94 respectively, with the concave side facing away from the prechamber and towards the spark gap.
  • the outer flange 92 is welded to the rim of the shell end 64 to form a seal and the inner flange is press-fitted over the sleeve 82 to make a tight seal.
  • the orifice plate must accommodate the expansion of the steel shell and yet retain a firm seal on the sleeve 82.
  • the slight taper of the sleeve 82 is forced into the centre hole of the orifice plate 86.
  • the ceramic sleeve 86 actually abrades the inner flange 94 as the orifice plate is pressed into position.
  • the outer flange 92 is also a press fit to the shell inner wall 84. It is these two interference fits that provide the internal stress in the plate so that the seal between the orifice plate and the insulator is maintained during operation.
  • the concave shape of the orifice plate allows the outer edge to expand along with the steel shell and the inner edge to remain tightly fixed to the central sleeve thus providing the necessary seal between the torch chamber 88 and the main combustion chamber.
  • the orifice plate material (Inconel) and its thickness provide the proper expansion rates to allow the above sealing action to occur.
  • the outer flange 92 is TIG-welded completely around its periphery to the shell.
  • the insulator 68, the shell 62 and the resistor 74 use essentially the same materials as conventional production plugs.
  • Figures 5 and 6 introduce another feature: two spark gaps in series with the second gap inside the prechamber.
  • the prechamber and orifice dimensions discussed above apply to these embodiments.
  • the structure of these plugs is the same as that of Figure 3 except in the region of the end 64.
  • the inner wall 84 of the shell has a shoulder 102 near the end of the shell.
  • Orifice plate 86' comprises a ceramic disc centrally apertured to receive a metal rivet 104 which serves as an additional electrode.
  • Centre wire electrode 70' and insulator sleeve 82' are foreshortened, relative to that of Figure 3, to terminate within the prechamber 88.
  • the orifice plate 86' is seated on the shoulder 102 and crimped in place by an end flange 106 of the shell.
  • the side wire electrode 66 extending from the shell end 64 is spaced from the outer end of the rivet 104 to form the spark gap in the main combustion chamber whilst the space between the centre wire electrode 70' and the rivet forms the second spark gap in the prechamber 88.
  • the centre wire electrode 70' is energized in the customary manner and two sparks occur at the two gaps as the current flows serially from the centre wire electrode 70' to the rivet 104 and thence to the grounded side wire electrode 66.
  • Combustion begins simultaneously in the prechamber 88 and in the main combustion chamber. Thereafter the process continues as in the Figures 2 and 3 embodiments such that a torch jet is emitted from the orifice 90 to assist in the combustion. With this spark plug geometry, the plug can run cooler than the Figure 3 embodiment which protrudes further into the main chamber.
  • the Figure 6 embodiment is the same as Figure 5 except that the rivet 104 on the plate 86' is supplanted by a centre conductor electrode 108 comprising a conductive cermet material and the side wire electrode is supplanted by the end flange 106 which is lengthened to reach close enough to the centre conductor electrode 108 to form a surface spark gap.
  • the conductive cermet material is, for example, alumina doped 10% by volume with platinum.
  • the ceramic orifice plate 86' and the conductive centre electrode 108 are conveniently formed in the green state and sintered at the same time to yield an integral piece with different conductive properties in different areas. In this embodiment the spark jumps from the centre wire electrode 70' to the conductive cermet electrode 108 and thence to the end flange 106.
  • FIG. 7 and 8 The embodiment shown in Figures 7 and 8 is similar to Figure 6 which uses the ceramic disc 86' with the conductive cermet centre electrode 108.
  • the orifice 90 in the ceramic disc 86' is at an angle to the plug centre axis.
  • the end flange 106 instead of being crimped, is straight and a retaining ring 110 is welded to the nose of the end flange to hold the ceramic disc 86' against the shoulder 102.
  • a pair of side wire electrodes 112 welded to the retaining ring 110 extend radially inwards towards each other and terminate short of each other over the cermet electrode centre 108 to form a pair of gaps between the cermet centre electrode 108 and the side wire electrode 112.
  • the gap between the centre wire electrode 70' and the cermet centre electrode 108 is, for example, 0.05 cm and the gap between the cermet centre electrode 108 and the side wire electrodes 112 is 0.1 cm.
  • the spark jumps from the centre wire electrode 70' to the conductive cermet centre electrode 108 and to thence the side wire electrodes 112.

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  1. Installation d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de torche (24 ; 60) dans un moteur à combustion interne (10) ayant un cylindre (14) à extrémité fermée et un piston (18) dans le cylindre (14) définissant une chambre de combustion à volume variable à l'extrémité fermée du cylindre (14), ladite installation d'allumage (24 ; 60) comportant : des moyens conducteurs de l'électricité (36, 38, 66, 70 ; 70, 104; 70', 108 ; 70', 112) supportés sur une paroi (16) du cylindre (14) et délimitant un entrefer d'étincelle adjacent à la paroi (16), et une chambre de torche (42 ; 88) communiquant avec la chambre de combustion (14) à travers un orifice (44 ; 90 ; 90') adjacent à l'entrefer d'étincelle et dirigé à l'intérieur de la chambre de combustion (14), caractérisée en ce que le volume de la chambre de torche est égal ou inférieur à 1.5 % du volume minimum de la chambre de combustion et est compris dans la plage de 0.5 à 1.0 cc, le diamètre d'orifice est dans la plage de 0.1 à 0.2 cm, et la longueur caractéristique de l'orifice/chambre de torche est compris entre 15 et 127 cm, la longueur caractéristique représentant la valeur du volume de la chambre de torche exprimé en centimètres cubes divisé par l'aire de l'orifice exprimée en centimètres carrés.
  2. Appareil d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de torche (24, 60) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que ledit volume de la chambre de torche est inférieur à 1 % du volume minimum de ladite chambre de combustion.
  3. Installation d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de torche (24, 60) selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le diamètre d'orifice est au moins égal à 0.15 cm et la longueur caractéristique de la chambre/orifice de torche est comprise entre 28 et 57 cm.
  4. Installation d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de torche caractérisé en ce que l'installation comporte une bougie d'allumage à jet de torche comportant un corps (28 ; 62) comportant des moyens de montage (64) à proximité d'une extrémité de celle-ci adaptés pour constituer une partie de ladite chambre de combustion de moteur ; lesdits moyens conducteurs de l'électricité (36, 38 ; 66, 70 ; 70' ; 104 ; 70'; 108 ; 70', 112) sont sur ladite une extrémité et constituent ledit entrefer d'étincelle immédiatement adjacent à ladite une extrémité et sont adaptés pour être reçus dans ladite chambre de combustion lorsqu'ils sont installés pour allumer des charges de mélange air-carburant comprimé à l'intérieur de celle-ci, ladite chambre de torche (42 ; 88) est formée à l'intérieur dudit corps (28 ; 62) à proximité de ladite une extrémité ; et ledit orifice (44 ; 90) s'étendant à travers ladite une extrémité de la chambre de torche (42 ; 88) pour relier celle-ci avec la chambre de combustion lorsqu'elle est installée, l'ouverture de l'orifice (44 ; 90) à travers ladite une extrémité étant proche mais décalée par rapport à l'entrefer d'étincelle.
  5. Installation d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de torche (24, 60) selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que le diamètre d'orifice est au moins égale à 0.4 cm et la longueur caractéristique de la chambre/orifice est comprise entre 28 et 57 cm.
  6. Installation d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de torche (24, 60) selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que la longueur caractéristique de la chambre/orifice de torche est comprise entre 15 et 127 cm.
  7. Installation d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de torche (24, 60) selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que lesdits moyens conducteurs de l'électricité comportent des seconds moyens d'entrefer d'étincelle (70' ; 104 ; 70', 108) à l'intérieur de la chambre de torche (88) pour allumer le mélange air-carburant à l'intérieur de celle-ci.
  8. Installation d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de torche (24, 60) selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que les moyens conducteurs de l'électricité comportent une première électrode (112) gui est reliée à la masse lorsqu'elle est installée et une seconde électrode (108) séparée par ledit entrefer d'étincelle, la seconde électrode (108) étant reliée à l'intérieur de la chambre de torche (88), et une troisième électrode (70') dans la chambre de torche (88) et espacée de la seconde électrode (108) pour former un second entrefer d'étincelle en série avec ledit entrefer d'étincelle, de manière que les entrefers d'étincelle soient adaptés pour produire simultanément des étincelles pour allumer les mélanges air-carburant dans les deux chambres de combustion et chambre de torche (88).
  9. Installation d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de torche (24, 60) selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que les moyens conducteurs de l'électricité comportent plusieurs électrodes, le corps de bougie d'allumage comporte une coquille en métal (62) ayant une extrémité (64) se terminant en une première électrode (106), une seconde électrode (70') à l'intérieur de la coquille (62) et espacée de la coquille (62) pour former ladite chambre de torche (88), et un bouchon troué (86') sur l'extrémité de la coquille entre les première et seconde électrodes pour compléter la chambre de torche (88) et pour définir l'orifice (90) de la chambre de torche (88), une troisième électrode (108) étant portée par le bouchon (86') et étant disposée entre la seconde électrode (70') et la première électrode (106) pour former deux entrefers d'étincelle en série, les deux entrefers d'étincelle consistant en ledit entrefer d'étincelle dans la chambre de combustion et en un second entrefer d'étincelle dans la chambre de torche (88).
  10. Installation d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de torche (24, 60) selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que le corps de bougie d'allumage comporte une coquille en métal (62) à une extrémité (64) et les moyens conducteurs de l'électricité comportent plusieurs électrodes, une première électrode (66) reliée à l'extrémité (64) de la coquille (72), une seconde électrode (70) à l'intérieur de la coquille (62) et espacée de la coquille (62), et un bouchon (86) comportant une ouverture sur l'extrémité de la coquille pour former ladite chambre de torche (88) et pour définir l'orifice (90) de la chambre de torche (88), la seconde électrode (70) s'étendant à travers le bouchon (86) jusqu'à un point proche de la première électrode (70) pour définir ledit entrefer d'étincelle.
  11. Installation d'allumage par étincelle renforcé par jet de torche (24, 60) selon la revendication 4, caractérisée en ce que ledit corps est une coquille en métal creux (62) ; les moyens conducteurs de l'électricité comportent une électrode latérale (66) gui fait saillie depuis ladite une extrémité (64) du corps à l'intérieur de ladite chambre de combustion et une électrode centrale (70) qui s'étend à travers le centre de la coquille (62) jusqu'à un point proche de l'électrode latérale (66) pour former ledit entrefer d'étincelle ; un isolant (82) qui entoure latéralement l'électrode centrale (70) à l'intérieur de la coquille (62) et gui est espacée des parois de la coquille (62) ; et un disque (86) comportant une ouverture centrale montée serrée sur l'isolant (82) et gui est soudée à sa périphérie à ladite une extrémité du corps pour enfermer l'espace entre l'isolant (82) et la paroi de coquille pour définir ainsi la chambre de torche (88), le disque (86) comportant l'orifice (90) pour relier la chambre de torche (88) à la chambre de combustion.
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